In St. Louis, the McDowell Medical College building was used as a prison for Confederate soldiers and sympathizers. The building was referred to as Gratiot Street Prison. There was also a second smaller prison on Lynch Street; prisoners could be sent to the Alton Prison or to the state penitentiary in Jefferson City.

United States. Quartermaster’s Corps. Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union, Interred in the National Cemeteries. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. 27 vols. reprinted in 8 vols. HG-973.76

Volume 20 has listings for Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery; volume 18 has listings for the Springfield National Cemetery (Wilson’s Creek). There are other listings for Missouri burials in vols. 9, 10, 12, 13, and 19.

Woodruff, Audrey L. “Statewide Obituaries for the Years 1865-1866 Taken From the St. Louis Christian Advocate.” In Missouri Miscellany (1976-1983), vol. IV, pp. 1-31. HG-929.3778